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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Actor Michael Cudlitz,
who plays Officer John Cooper on "Southland," tweeted this photo of himself with
DSiAM's Jamie Brewer who guest stars.

Watch for them February 20 on TNT;
check local listings for times.

Brewer played Adelaide in season 1 of "American Horror Story"
on FX.

Brewer began her career by taking theater classes in
1999 at a 'College for Kids' class during her middle school years. She has
performed in dramas, musicals, comedy's, and improvisations during her theater
training at Dionysus Theatre. She appeared/spoke in PSA's for the "Souper Bowl of Caring Houston Food Drive" in
Houston, TX for 2 consecutive years which aired on NBC, ABC, and
CBS.

Brewer was the youngest to ever be elected President of the ARC of
Fort Bend Chapter. From there, she was appointed to the State of Texas ARC
Board, then elected to the Executive Board as Treasurer. She was then asked to
serve on the ARC Governmental Affairs Committee for the State of Texas. She
spoke with Senators at the Texas State Capitol to persuade them to pass the law
for Texas to abolish using the "R" word from state legislation, and regarding
the needs of people with disabilities in Texas. Texas now uses "Intellectual
Developmental Disability" in their legislation.

About Me

I am full-time Mass Communication faculty at Towson University in Maryland and adjunct faculty in the City University of New York (CUNY) Master's in Disability Studies program.
I research media and disability issues and wrote a 2010 book on the subject: Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media, published by Advocado Press.
The media have real power to define what the public knows about disability and that's what I research.